Chania Municipal Garden — Attraction in Municipality of Chania

Staff is not welcoming at all. But worthy to get through this obsticle!!! Priceless view even from the restroom.The botanical collection is amazing, also a bit of a hiking opportunity due to it's design. Smartly built. There are cooling points and restrooms on the way and also there was enough shadow to hide from the sun. The lake and the zoo was perfect for our toddler to enjoy. In the finish line theres enough space to get some air and prepare to meet the dying staff again, which takes all the energy you have left. Catering was careless, like noone wants to be there, we only met a kind lady when we checked out. Shame, because the garden provides a really lovely experience on...

July 15 2022 - Mostly closed except for the part containing a cafe and turtle pond. No Kri Kri exhibit or other features were open. We tried contacting tourism office and nearby Avra hotel for information about the park, but received no reply prior to coming. Parts of the park appeared heavily graffitied and possibly a homeless encampment. The construction to the walled-off area that seemed (by the smell) to house the Kri Kri, looked unlikely to be done in less than a few months. This construction was the apparent reason for the...

I walked through this park today whilst in Chania and came across the most amazing tree! I've seen loads of huge plane trees here on Crete, I've seen some ancient olive trees as well, but this tree (not sure what it is, but I must find out!) is one of the most beautiful and interesting trees I've seen here. I will definitely be going back soon to see it again :) . The public gardens are great with some brilliant public facilities, a really interesting looking cafe in a fab building and some beautiful...